Huh... I kinda discredited the idea of an animal spirit the first time I thought about it, but upon reflection, it probably has a good shot of sufficing. I'd still have to nail down what exactly I'd want that spirit to be capable of, though. I'd also need to ascertain what animal I'd want the spirit to take the form of as well. The only one I know for sure would be cool would be a tiger, but considering I'm giving the semblance to a tiger faunus of all things, I might be laying on the whole tiger aspect a bit thick. A dragon could be cool, though... potentially.

The five Chinese Elements I've already got covered with the weapon, to an extent. Turns out that they can all be incorporated between the weapons themselves and all the Dust that's available, so there's that.

As for the healing aspect... hmm. Can't say I'm a fan of healing in the traditional sense, but we'll see, I guess